Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-25
2HIBODBAUX RIOT.
1t Was Due to the Panic and Excited
Condition of Affairs Number of
Killed Estimated at twenty five.
The Town Under Martial Law Until the
MlliiIa arrived and Restored Cen
fidence and GFdeTs
Refugees Flock Trto New OrIeans-AIa-
bama Negroes Take the Strikers
Placss-Particulars of the Riot.
DETAILS OF THE ENGAGEMENT.

DETAILS OF THE ENGAGEMENT.
Spe"ia to the Gazette.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Nov. 24.-After the
riot ct Tnibodeaux yesterday the vigilants
or citizens established species of mar
iaI law, allowing no one to enter or
leave the town and no kilograms TO be
sent. A brief report OF the affair was
sent by the Lieutenant Governor, District
Judge, Sheriff aud Mayor, and no other
account was ObtainGble except from the
refugees. The same condition of affairs
prevailed till the arrival of the militia, the
Louisiana Rifles aad the Washington Ar
tillery, who seem to have restored con-
fderc5 and order. The trains from
rhibodeaux, both yesterday and
to-day, were crowded with negro
refugees, most of whom had
been ordered out OF town. A majority
OF the negroes stopped off at the way
stations. Among those that came to this
city were
SOME OF THE WOUNDED
in yesterdays riot. Many other negroes
left Thibodeaux on foot, some seeking
refuge in the neighboring parish of As
SUMPTION, others walking TO New Or
leans. The refugees were escorted to
The depot by the guards. At one time
there was rumor that lsrge force of
negroes from Assumption were marching
on Thibobeaux and the citizens soldiery
and Calling gun were ordered to the
point to meet the supposed advancing
..rmy. There was no truth whatever in
the rumor. Indeed, to the panic and
EXCITED CONDITION OF AFFAIRS
in Thibodeaux the riot was due. The ne
gro refugees estimate the killed Of twenty
five. The coroner reports having inspected
six bodies, those Of
WILLIE WILSON,
WILLIAM WATSON,
FELIX PIERRE,
ARCHIE JONES and
Two Cox BROTHERS.,
While five are reported wounded. There
is no reason to doubt the original esti-
.rEste OF twelve killed. There arrived to-
day number OF plantation hands who
had been working in the cane fields and
who became SO alarmed at the threat
Of the strikers that they deemed
it best to come to place
Of safety, On tne other hand, a large
number of negroes from Alabama went
through here to LaFourche to-day to
take
THE PLACE OF THE STRIKERS.
The reports thstilcame in to-day show
very clearly that there Was no battle at
the picket posts as was reported yester-
day, and that the negroes were killed in
the town, as telegrsphed THE GAzETTE.
After the shooting the white forces,
which were assembled in the courthouse,
were called to arms, and it was decided
that the safety of the town required thst
the negroes be driven out. The
armed whites therefore marched upon
President and st. Charles streets on The
east side of town where most of tie ne
groes were congregated, crowded many
faEaiiies in single house. Along these
streets the vigilantes marched, going
FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE,
searching for arms and ammunition, dis
persing the armed negroes and firing on
any negro who made mis- )pearance. st.
Charles street, where most of the shoot
ing took place, runs north and south, the
cross streets ending there. Most of the
negro men had only to rush into their
back yards and to jump over the fence,
when they could escape into the
fields and make their way
to Acadia plantation and the woods
They were fred on as they ron through
the fields. and it sounded like the skirm-
ish previous to battle. No negro
ATTEMPTED TO RESIST,
or fire shot, and all seemsd bent wholly
on escaping. In this shooting six men
were killed, one mortslly wounded, who
died last night, and two others seriously
wounded, who will die. The women and
children were not molested in any way,
but au old blind woman who ran out of
her caoin at the noise Of the firing was
wounded and died today. The shooting
lasted from twenty minutes to an hour,
at the end of which time every negro man
HAD FLED FBoM THE TOWN
or was hidden, bsrricaded in hia house.
To-day the picket at the foot of Jackson
street was fired on from the csne, but no
one WAS hurt. Most of the negroes are at
work on the plantations to-day, but a psn-
icky feeling Still prevails among them and
they appeared to be afraid the strikers
would attack them. The leaders Of the
strike have left the parish.
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